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Thanks for your interest in The Rock River Times! We’re locally owned and operated. Rates and information about advertising are included below. E-mail us at contact@rockrivertimes.com or call us at (815) 964-9767 for more details.

Specials

Call (815) 964-9767 and ask to speak with an advertising representative to learn more about special offers.

Advertising Rates

Click on the following links to view rates for advertising in The Rock River Times:

» Display ads

» Banner ads

» At Your Service ads

» Commercial Classified ads

» Online ads

» Online coupons

» Public Notice rates

Lowest rate for not-for-profits, artists and musicians

The Rock River Times offers the LOWEST RATE (52-time price) for all not-for-profits, artists and musicians on all sizes and shapes.

Referral Discount

Purchase an ad with The Rock River Times and receive 10 percent off your next ad purchase if you refer another customer that buys at least one advertisement.

Free Residential Classifieds

Find a home for those kittens! Advertise your garage sale! As long as your ad is 15 words or fewer, non-commercial and not a real estate, rental property or auto ad, your ad is FREE! Click here to view a form. Please mail completed forms to The Rock River Times, 128 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61101; e-mail to contact@rockrivertimes.com; or fax to (815) 964-9825.

Artwork File Requirements

If you are sending your ad to The Rock River Times via e-mail, please follow the following specificiations:

• pdf saved to Acrobat 3.0

• Photoshop pdf 300 dpi or higher

• eps saved to Illustrator 10

• tif 300 dpi or higher

• jpeg 300 dpi or higher

• black only, not a CMYK combo

• do not lock your file!

Advertising Contract

Click here to download an advertising contract. Please e-mail completed contract to contact@rockrivertimes.com or fax to (815) 964-9825.

Media Kit

The Rock River Times has a circulation of 22,000 free newspapers in the Rockford, Ill., metropolitan area. The weekly newspaper, distributed every Wednesday, has been in publication since 1987. A Circulation Verification Council (CVC) audit for the period of Jan. 1, 2010-March 31, 2012, showed 46,307 people read the paper every week. Click here to read the full CVC report. Google Analytics statistics for 2012 showed an average of more than 10,000 visitors per week at www.rockrivertimes.com.